Domestic violence is a prevalent problem in today's society. While it is easy to see what impact it has on the actual victim, it is oftentimes difficult to see the effect it has on children witnessing these acts of violence. Research done in the field of domestic violence suggests that childr...

Domestic Violence Domestic violence today is an ever increasing, horrible epidemic. Domestic violence not only affects women, it also affects children as well as men in a few cases. This epidemic encompasses not only physical but emotional types of abuse. After becoming the victim of abuse it b...

Abuse Mary and Jeff were high school sweethearts. They have been together for sixteen years. Jeff has a very bad temper. He wants things done his way and no other. Jeff has been abusing Marry for ten years now. Mary can not do anything to stop him. She has left him and put restraining orde...

Imagine coming home from work, you walk in the door, and you are assaulted by a backhand or a belt for no reason at all. You haven't done or said anything. It only took the wrong step, word, or action, and before you know it, you have a black eye, busted lip, and a trip to...

Neal and Jesse Eldridge are two young men on trial. For over ten years, they suffered severe physical, emotional, and psychological abuse at the hands of their father. It ended the day they shot and killed him. Now Neal and Jesse are charged, as adults, with first degree murder; they face t...